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The man who saved species

10,000 Birds

Earlier attempts to spread the risk around had failed, so Don and his team applied science to the problem, spending several months studying the birds in the wild in order to work out how to care for them and to decide what type of habitat to release them into. It worked, and the translocated birds were soon breeding.

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Collaborative List – July 2018

10,000 Birds

Redgannet continues his quest to bring colour to the profile map (one pixel at a time), by visiting The Seychelles (this time, on purpose!). Seychelles Swiftlet – Aerodramus elaphrus. Seychelles Bulbul – Hypsipetes crassirostris. Seychelles Blue-Pigeon – Alectroenas pulcherrimus. above Socorro.

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Collaborative List – October 2018

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Seychelles Swiftlet – Aerodramus elaphrus. Seychelles Bulbul – Hypsipetes crassirostris. Seychelles Blue-Pigeon – Alectroenas pulcherrimus. Seychelles Kestrel – Falco araeus. Seychelles Kestrel – Falco araeus. Seychelles Sunbird – Cinnyris dussumieri. 28 Jul 2018.

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Collaborative list – September 2018

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Seychelles Swiftlet – Aerodramus elaphrus. Seychelles Bulbul – Hypsipetes crassirostris. Seychelles Blue-Pigeon – Alectroenas pulcherrimus. Seychelles Kestrel – Falco araeus. Seychelles Kestrel – Falco araeus. Seychelles Sunbird – Cinnyris dussumieri. 28 Jul 2018.

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Collaborative list – December 2018

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Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Seychelles Blue-Pigeon – Alectroenas pulcherrimus. Seychelles Swiftlet – Aerodramus elaphrus. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. 07 Jan 2018. 06 Jan 2018. 09 Jan 2018.

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Collaborative List – November 2018

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Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Seychelles Blue-Pigeon – Alectroenas pulcherrimus. Seychelles Swiftlet – Aerodramus elaphrus. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. 07 Jan 2018. 06 Jan 2018. 09 Jan 2018.

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Collaborative list – August 2018

10,000 Birds

Seychelles Swiftlet – Aerodramus elaphrus. Seychelles Bulbul – Hypsipetes crassirostris. Seychelles Blue-Pigeon – Alectroenas pulcherrimus. Seychelles Kestrel – Falco araeus. Seychelles Kestrel – Falco araeus. Seychelles Sunbird – Cinnyris dussumieri. 28 Jul 2018.

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